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14th Amendment
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- 1868
- All persons born or naturalized in the US, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
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15th Amendment
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- 1870
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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18th Amendment
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- After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
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1924 National Origins Act
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- Set annual quota at 2% of the 1880 election.
- Excluded all asians
- No limit on latin Americans.
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1968 Election
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1) Hubert Humphrey is Johnson’s VP, running for the democratic party
2) Nixon, Republican says that he wants to bring peace with honor and end the war in Vietnam
3)George Wallace is running with a platform of people who are for segregation and state rights.
- During this time hippies begin saying they’re voting for a pig
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Abu Graib Prison
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- US soldiers interrogating Iraqi prisoners.
- Tortured and embarrassed them.
- Cell phone footage was found.
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America First
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- FDR’s slogan when he ran for his third term.
- They said this to avoid going to war, but they always went to war.
- Also some KKK shit
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Anti-Saloon League
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- 1893
- Wanted to close saloons
- Said to be filled with drunks
- Downstairs drinking, upstairs women
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Benghazi
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- Spetember 11, 2012
- Armed millitants overwhelmed the security and invaded the US Embassy.
- 4 americans were killed, including the US Ambassador to Libya
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Birtherism
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- People who believe Obama was born outside of the United States.
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Bonus March
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- WWI veterans received bonus certificates that could not be used for 25 years.
- After several years, veterans were angry, and marched on Washington.
- They did not get what they wanted, and US troops burned down the camp in which the veterans were staying.
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Brown vs Board of Education
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1954
- Oliver Brown WW2 vet purchased home in white neighborhood
- Daughter was denied enrollment at the white school that was a block and a half away.
- Declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
- Lawyer is Thurgood Marshall
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Buck vs Bell
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Supreme Court ruling that upheld a statute instituting compulsory sterilization of the unfit, including the mentally retarded, “for the protection and health of the state.”
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Civil Rights Act of 1875
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- Stated that people of all races must be granted equal access to all places of public entertainment.
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Civil Rights Act 1964
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- Cannot discriminate in public accommodations.
- Reaffirms public schools, including colleges.
- Employment (Race, color, sex, national origin)
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Compromise of 1877
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- Rutherford Hayes was elected president in 1876.
- South was very upset by this.
- Hayes withdrew the union troops from the south, therefore ending the reconstruction era.
- South then believe they have won.
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Double V Campaign
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- First appeared in Pittsburgh Courier
- First V is for victory
- Second V is for double victory for African Americans fighting for freedom overseas and at home
- Blacks were tired of being oppressed and were ready for change.
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Edward Snowden
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- Worked for the US government, accessed important information
- He thought it was the best thing to do, to leak it.
- Edward was not allowed back in the US.
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Elian Gonzalez
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- Cuban boy who fled to the US with some of his family
- Everybody on his raft died, including his mother and step-father.
- Was widely accepted by the people of the US.
- Father in Cuba wanted him back
- On April 22, 2000, he was sent back to Cuba
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1964
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Outlines why we are going to war in Vietnam
- Vietnam deliberately attacked the US Navy
- “Take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the US and to prevent further aggression.”
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
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- 10 Mile strip called Canal Zone. US owned
- $10 million, 250k per year
- This is permanent, secured the rights in perpetuity.
- The US Guaranteed to protect Panama’s independence.
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Horatio Alger Stories
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- “Anyone can get rich if they work hard enough”
- Ragged dick
- Orphan in NY, shines shoes to make money.
- New man comes to him, and he starts charging him a dime.
- Offered him a job in the bank mail room
- One day, he gave Ragged Dick the bank.
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How did the Korean War become UN War?
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- June 1950
- North Korea invaded South Korea
- It became a UN war because the vote of whether or not to join the war was held without the USSR.
- UN vs Communist Nations
- By November, the UN was winning significantly.
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Iran-Contra Affair
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- Reagan isn’t allowed to give money to Hezbollah to free the hostages or to Nicaragua
- Instead, we sell weapons to Iran and the profits are sent to Contras
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Lusitania
- May 7, 1915
- Passenger ship that was also carrying goods, leaving NY
- Flew a British flag
- Germany sank the ship
- 128 American's died
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Monica Lewinsky's Blue Dress
- Bill Clinton is known for having affairs
- ML worked in the WH.
- She called a friend to talk about her sexual relations with Bill and how he came on her blue dress.
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Muller vs Oregon
- Muller had been working night shifts at dock.
- Good pay
- Company decided no more night shifts for women.
- She sued.
- Supreme court declared that women were not fit, and Oregon was right.
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Desert Shield/Desert Storm
- The US lines all along Iraq ready to invade creating a shield.
- Iraq was expecting an invasion through the water so they're caught off guard when they are invaded by the shield and on Feb 1991 Sudan Sudan is kicked out of Kuwait
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Operation Ajax
In 1953, The British and the CIA reinstate the Shah of Iran in order to protect oil interests after the Iranians tried to nationalize their oil.
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Operation Mongoose
- US attempt to kill Castro
- Explosives in his cigars
- Nair in his shampoo
- Poison placed in his scuba tanks and batidos de mamey.
- All failed
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Operation Pedro Pan
December 26, 1960 - October 23, 1962
- Cuban children going to "Jamaica" for school.
- Planes went to the US.
- All children were set up with families or relatives until their parents could arrive in the US.
- Assistance from the Archdiocese of Miami and Jewish Home Services
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Perestroika
- The reconstruction of the political and economic system
- Contested elections were introduced to reflect the democratic practices of Western society and allow citizens to have a slight say in government.
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Pershing's Punitive Mission
- 1916
- Wilson orders the first cavalry to invade Mexico.
- Led by General Pershing.
- While invading, the US troops were being shot at by Mexican civilians
- They did take down Villa's forces, but Villa escaped.
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Platt Amendment
1. Cuba cannot make treaties with any other countries, except for the US.
2. Cuba cannot make any other trade agreements.
3. Gave the US the right to intervene as was fit.
4. Gave US a perpetual lease on Guantanamo Bay.
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
- He's breaded and is lighter than a brown paper bag.
- Wants to go on a train, and decides to buy a first class ticket.
- He buys it, no heat, but when he gives it to the conductor, he gets denied and is sent to the back.
- He sues them, and the supreme court rules that segregation is legal everywhere, as long as facilities exist for both, and are equal. WTF?
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Nixon Doctrine
- In other types of aggression
- We shall furnish military and economic assistance
- We shall look to the country threatened to assume primary responsibility
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Powell Doctrine
- 8 question that must be answered before putting our boys in harms way
- Created to ensure we go to war for the right reasons
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Reagan Doctrine
- a strategy orchestrated and implemented by the United States under the Reagan Administration to overwhelm the global influence of the Soviet Union in an attempt to end the Cold War.
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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
- 1904
- In certain circumstances, the United States was justified to intervene in Latin American nations to prevent Europeans from doing so.
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Scopes Monkey Trial
- John Scopes was a substitute biology teacher
- Spoke about evolution in his classes
- He was fired because of this
- He went to trial, and was found guilty.
- As a result of this, is where Christian fundamentalists view science as being bad.
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Sochi 2014
Russia invaded Crimea
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Syrian Civil War
- Ashad
- Backed by Russia
- Group that wants Ashad out is backed by ISIS
- Russia vs ISIS
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Teller Amendment
- Essentially a declaration of war on Spain.
- We continue to tell ourselves that we are not going to take Cuba.
- Instead we take the Philippines and Guam
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Tet Offensive
- January 31, 1968, the U.S isn't on high alert and were attacked in 100 places.
- This was the turning point in the war, because now we we are losing
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The 14 Points 1918
- Proposed by Wilson at the state of the union.
- 14 points for peace that were to be used for peace negotiations to end WWI.
- Established League of Nations
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Bay of Pigs
April 17, 1961
- Cubans leaving Tampa and Puerto Rico to invade Cuba.
- Boats report that the Cuban military was there.
- CIA double agents fucked it up
- Kennedy pulls out the planes, half-ass mission.
- US paid $200 million in Ransom.
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Berlin Airlift
- 1948-1949
- US Mission
- Aircrafts would fly into Berlin to deliver goods
- Only land for 90 seconds
- Testing the USSR to shoot at us
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Cuban Missile Crisis
- U2 spy planes see the Russians constructing nuclear launch zones.
- US military surrounds Cuba
- Lasted 13 days.
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Dawes Plan
1924
- US gave Germany $2.5 Billion worth of loans.
- Germany paid $2 Billion in reparation payments to allies
- Allies paid $2.6 billion in war debt payments
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The GI Bill 1944
- This was an entitlement because of veterans service to the US.
- Gave veterans a series of benefits
- Free schooling
- Low-interest mortgages and loans
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Gospel of Wealth
- Andrew Carnegie
- It was God's will that some men attained great wealth.
- In the long run, it was only to the man of morality that wealth comes.
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Mariel Boatlift
- Castro allowed Cubans to flea to their families, but as a result, he released all prisoners from prison
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Marshall Plan
- American initiative to aid Western Europe.
| - $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of WW2.
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Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact
- August 23, 1939
- No military action against each other for the next 10 years
- They agree on a partition of Poland
- Falls apart when german forces invade USSR
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Treaty of Versailles
Paris Peace Conference 1919
1. War guilt. Germany assumes all of it
2. Reparations. Pay to repair all damage
3. Germany has to give up all the land they won
4. Cede its colonies to England and France
5. Reduce it's Military to a national police
6. They cannot make or buy arms
7. They must join the league of nations
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UN Resolution #181
- Creates a homeland for the Jews in Palestine
- Create 2 states in Palestine
- UN creates Israel
- Day its created, Egypt attacks
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The United Nations Resolution 629
1. Gives Sudam Hussein 6 weeks to pull out of Kuwait
| 2. If he doesnt, we can use force
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Watergate
- Nixon sent informants to go tap the democratic headquarters.
- Nixon fired the people investigating him, extremely sketch.
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Wikileaks
- A website where government secrets are leaked.
| - Not all the files are true
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Yalta Conference
- February 1945
- US, Great Britain, USSR
- They discussed the new world order.
- USSR agrees to declare war on Japan 3 months after war in Europe ends
- We secretly promise them a free hand in Manchuria and Easter Europe
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Zimmerman Telegram
- Telegram meant for Mexico, intercepted by Britain.
- Said that they planned on sinking all boats.
- They wanted mexico to ask Japan.
- Promised Mexico they would get back Texas, NM, and Arizona.
